Improvement in hoisting-apparatus



W. B. REANEY, 0F CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 95,837, dated October` 12, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOISTINGj-APPARATUS.

The Schedule referred to in theseLetters Patenty and making part of the same.

To all 'whom yit may concern:

Be it known that I, W. B. REANEY, of Chester, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Hoisting-Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My inventionconsists of certain hoisting-apparatus, which is fully described hereafter, and which, although applicable to other purposes, is of especial advantage when employed for unloading vessels. Y

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction` and operation, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1, sheet 1, is a View of the 'ontend of my improved hoisting-apparatus;

Figure 2, a side .view of the same;

Figures 3 'and 4, sheet 2, end views of the hoistingbarrels, showing the braking-apparatus; vand Figures 5 and 6, longitudinal sections of the enlarged ends of the hoistingfbarrels with. braking-apparatus.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

On reference to figs. 1 and 2, A and A are -the opposite frames of the hoisting-apparatus, and B, the foundation of the same.

In the opposite frames turn the shafts a of the hoisting-barrels D, three of which are shown in the present instance, one above and two below, and the three being'arrauged at equal distances apart from each other, s0 that a pinion on a central driving-shaft, atb, will gear into a cog-wheel,fl, with which each barrel-shaft a is furnished.

It should be understood, however, that although I have shown three hoisting-banels on one\fia1ne,a sin- -gle barrel only, or more than three barrels maybe used, and that whatever may be the number of barrels,

leach must be furnished with a duplex braking-apparatus, which I will now proceed to describe, and which will be best understood by reference to the enlarged views in sheet 2.

j The barrel 1) is always loose on its vshaft a, excepting when the braking-mechanism is applied as described hereafter.

A hollow cylindrical enlargement, E, is formed on the end of each barrel, and to the inner surface of this enlargement are applied the brakes.

Two distinct brakesare employed, one of which consists of a plate, F, the hub f ot' which is secured to the shafta, and on this plate are guides h h for the two sockets Gand G', in each of which is fitted ablock 'or'rubben i, of wood or other suitable material, and "the outer surface of each block 4is rounded to accord withthe inteior of the cylindlical enlargement E of `the hoist'ing-'barel.`

Two links jj are jointed at one end to the sockenLw G, and two similar links k k to the socket G', and the wholeof the links are jointed to a pin, H, and this pin passes through au elongated opening, on, in the hub f of the plate, and ou the shaft (t, which, from this point to its outer end, is made tubular for the reception ot a pin, n. \Vhen this pin is pushed inward, in the manner described hereafter, it will bear against the pin H, and through the medium of the levers j and 7.', which form a knee-joint, will` force the two rubbers outward and against the interior of the enlargement E of the barrel, in which case, as the making-device revolves with the shaft, the lat-ter contrills the barrel.

lVhen the pin u, however, is relieved from this iuward pressure, the barrel is also relieved froin the action ofthe rubbers, and is free from the control of the` shaft a, and is at liberty to revolve indepex'ldently of the same.

The other braking-apparatus has also sockets I I',

for receiving blocks or rubbers, but these sockets, in.

stead of revolving with the shaft, as in the former instance, are arranged to slide in guides formed on the stationary iame A of the hoistingtapparatus, and these sockets areconnected b v links, forming a knecjoint, to across-head, K, in which the shaft A can turn freely.

.The cross-head is connected, by links p p, toa crosspiecc, M,.on which are projections q l] for receiving the operating-lever. f

(ln forcing the cross-piece M inward, it will, by bearing against the pin n, force the sockets G G' outward, thereby placing the barrel under the control ofthe Shaft u, but on moving the cross-piece outward, thc pressure against the pin a will he rernovei'l, and theI barrel will be free from the control of the shaft.

On continuing to move the. cross-piece M outward, the sockets I I, with their .rubber-s, will, through theI medium of the links p p, cross-head K, and knee-joint links, be moved apart, and their rubbers brought to bear against the enlargement-ol' the barrel, the n'lovement of which must be retarded or stopped. v

It will now be seen, that there are two Ydistinct brakes: first, that secured to and revolving .with the sliaft a, and put in operation by pressure against the pin n; and second, that which is free tiom the control of the shaft, and which is actuated by thc. outward movement of lthe cross-piece M.

The first device may be tcrnied'the hoisting and releasing-brake, and the second, the retarding andr stopping-brake. 1t should he understood that 'when the hoisting-apparatus is in action, the shaft a revolves continuously in one direction, and in this consists the`I most important advantage of my invention', as will appear hereafter. y

The utility of the hoisting-,apparatus will be most apparent when we view it as applied to the unloading of a vessel, to the deck of which the apparatus is secured. One end of a rope is secured to the barrel, passed through a block on a swinging boom over the hatchway, the other end of the rope having a bucket or other vessel for receiving a portion of the cargo, if the latter be of coal, grain, or other granular material; or if the cargo consists of bulky objects, the rope is furnished with suitable appliances for seizing the same.

The shaft a. being driven by a small adjacent engine, an attendant, by simply operating the cross-piece M, so as to relieve the pin n from pressure, releases the Ybarrel from the control ofthe shaft, and consequently the bucket will descend into the hold, but the attendant arrests it at the proper point in its descent by moving the cross-piece M further outward, and thereby bringing the retarding and stopping-brake into action. After the bucket has received its load, the attendant moves the cross-piece M inward, thereby placing the barrel under the control of the revolving shaft, and causing it to wind up the rope. When the proper height has been reached, the boom is swung round over the point where the load is to be discharged, and the barrel is again placed beyond the control of the shaft, and so on.

All these operations are performed while the shaft continues to revolve in one direction, and by the simple movement ofthe cross-bar M; hence all reversinggear, which is more or less objectionable on account of its complexity and the tedious manipulation which it demands, is dispensed with.

Many different appliances may be employed for operating the cross-piece M, but I prefer the plan illustrailed in figs. 1 and 2, where N represents a bell-crank lever, hung to a project-ion on the frame A of the apparatus.

lo the arm s of this lever is connected the said cross-piece M, and to the saine arm is connected one end of a cord or chain, t, passing over a pulley, t', and round a pulley, u, another cord or chain, fv, is secured to the arm s of the lever, and this passes round a pulley, w', on deck. The two cords or chains may be carried to any point where it is most advantageous for the operator to station himself', so that he can observe the results of his operations, and note the signals of those in the hold of the v/essel.

It will be readily understood how, by pulling one or other of these cords or chains, the above-described brakes may be operated in the manner described.

If three barrels be used, as shown in figs. l and 2,

each barrel having its own braking-apparatus, and cords or chains for operating the same, the cords may all terminate at the point where the operator is situated, so that he may have the control of three barrels.

It willy be evident, without further description, that by the aid of my above-described hoisting-apparatus the cargo of a vessel may be removed with much greater rapidity than by the appliances heretofore used for the purpose.

I do not desire to coniinc myself to the precise con-- struction of the several parts illustrated and described, as they may be varied without departing from the main features of my invention; but

I claim, and desire to secure by- Letters Patent- 1. A hoisting-machine, in which are combined the following elements, namely: first, a shaft, to be revolved continuously in one direction; second, a barrel, loose on `the said shaft; third, a braking-device, re volving with the shaft, and arranged` to control the barrel, or release the same; and fourth, a brakingdevice for ret-arding and stopping the barrel, all arranged substantiallyas set forth.

2. The plate F,-secured to the shaft a, and carrying the sliding sockets G G', in combinationV with the links j and k, connected together by a rod, H, passing through a slot in the shaft, and with a rod, n, .passing through the shaft, all substantially as described.

3. llhe rod a, connected to the inner braking-device, and the rods 71, connected tothe outer braking-device, in combination with the cross-piece M, for the purpose described.

4. The combination of the braking-device herein described, the cross-piece M, and the lever N, for the purpose set forth.

'In testimony whereof, I have signed my naine to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. c

W. B. REANEY.

Titnessesz W. \\TARD, SaMUEL ULRICH. 

